This Slogging thread by Storm, Utsav Jaiswal, Linh, Ellen, Beni, Hang, Marcos Fabian, and David occurred in HackerNoon's official #noonies-awards channel, and has been edited for readability. Members of the team -- located in different parts of the world-- worked in unison to deliver over a thousand individualized awards to our internet family for Valentine's Day. HackerNoon Below is what it looks like in the final few moments (hours) before a remote team finalizes two large internet campaigns. This part of the initiative consisted of our developers deploying scripts to create individual awards and , updating the messaging on the websites, our designer making any final tweaks if needed, properly compiling/auditing email lists and CSVs, and making sure marketing copy for emails and blog posts reflected any and all final changes. tech pages It further included a last-minute audit, to make sure thousands of newly created links worked as intended. Plus, somehow it seems Linh managed to get a meeting in, in between there. Shook. The below thread has been edited to a more reader-friendly size, initially, we had about 103 replies. Storm Feb 14, 2022, 6:04 PM @Ellen @Linh, When should we display the winners on Noonies & startups? Utsav Jaiswal Feb 14, 2022, 6:07 PM Storm, did you mean....... Storm Feb 14, 2022, 6:08 PM ❤ 2 😂 1 Linh Feb 14, 2022, 6:10 PM Hahaha let's do it now!! :fireball: 1 Linh Feb 14, 2022, 6:11 PM Just got out of meeting- ready to send emails as soon as Beni image award pr is pushed. Ellen Feb 14, 2022, 7:23 PM Ideally on the 14th. Valentine's Day. Today pretty much. Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:24 PM Looks like SOTY is done, and @Beni just finished with the cheater messaging on Noonies. Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:25 PM @Storm here’s the sheet of compromised awards from Ellen and i approve the messaging on there lol (in case u need it) [Internal Link] Beni Feb 14, 2022, 7:32 PM OKAY I think we are good now. @Storm @richard-kubina the Noonies branch and the Next Green branches for awards should be ready just need y'alls' review! :pleading_face: 1 👍 1 Storm Feb 14, 2022, 7:34 PM Yep - we’re deployed on both 🚀 :savage-joy: 1 🎉 2 Ellen Feb 14, 2022, 7:36 PM Damn y'all, looking good! Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:36 PM Niceeee Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:36 PM How are the images looking then @Beni? Beni Feb 14, 2022, 7:38 PM Which images? :savage-joy: 1 💚 1 Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:39 PM IMAGES LINKS LOL Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:40 PM Award images lol Ellen Feb 14, 2022, 7:40 PM I'm laughing out loud Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:40 PM hehe Beni Feb 14, 2022, 7:40 PM [internal link] Beni Feb 14, 2022, 7:40 PM These ones? Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:41 PM Niceeee, can you and @Ellen spot check 10 random ones here: column L pls [internal link] Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:41 PM Tab: SendGrid winners. Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:41 PM If they all work, I'll send emails right away! Beni Feb 14, 2022, 7:41 PM Also if we want to check these [Internal Link] Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:42 PM Yup - column J here pls: [Internal Link] Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:43 PM No need to check everyone, pls check at least 10, each of you @Ellen @Beni and whoever else - @Hang, are you available? Hang Feb 14, 2022, 7:45 PM I'm checking first 10! 🙏 1 Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:46 PM Both sheets pls (Startups + Noonies) Hang Feb 14, 2022, 7:48 PM On it! Ellen Feb 14, 2022, 7:48 PM I think @Hang is on it, I'm reviewing blogs, let me know where you leave off. Ellen Feb 14, 2022, 7:48 PM But also, amaze Hang Feb 14, 2022, 7:49 PM @Ellen yes I checked the first 10 for Noonies, no problems detected 🙂 💚 1 Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:49 PM Ellen I got TCNP for the blog post down to Europe already. Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:50 PM Found our first problem with this one [internal link] Ellen Feb 14, 2022, 7:50 PM Oh wow, ok I'll just check from 10-30 Beni Feb 14, 2022, 7:51 PM Looks like the tech page is missing but the award link still works. Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:51 PM Nice lol Beni Feb 14, 2022, 7:51 PM I'll look into it. Ellen Feb 14, 2022, 7:55 PM Honestly, y'all this is pretty incredible. Ellen Feb 14, 2022, 7:55 PM I'm shook. Linh Feb 14, 2022, 7:55 PM ❤ ❤ 1 Ellen Feb 14, 2022, 8:06 PM Are you editing the blog post right now @Linh? Because I'll wait till you're done so it won't save my edits over yours. I'll review the other ones I wanted to get out today then. 💚 1 Linh Feb 14, 2022, 8:12 PM OMG I’M DONE CHECKING STARTUPS. FOUND 2 ERRORS ONLY. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. YOU GUYS ROCK! @MarcosFabian @Beni - SENDING THE EMAIL NOW. David Feb 14, 2022, 8:20 PM /images/ is alive! :fireball: 1 Marcos Fabian Feb 14, 2022, 8:21 PM Linh Linh Feb 14, 2022, 8:21 PM I'm still a lil scared so I'm uploading the most updated data one more time just in case. 😂 1 :excited: 1 :savage-joy: 1 Linh Feb 14, 2022, 8:21 PM Don't worry, it will get done lol [Word] David Feb 14, 2022, 8:23 PM Linh Feb 14, 2022, 8:28 PM NOONIES: I FOUND NO ERROR. WOWIE. DAMN. OK SENDING THAT ONE FIRST. Ellen Feb 14, 2022, 8:31 PM "Don't worry" hahaha imagine. :savage-joy: 2 The intro was written by Ellen Stevens. Thank you to everyone for their hard work!

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